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As part of the lead up to the launch of Season 4 inApex Legends, Respawn Entertainment dropped a brand new “Stories from the Outlands” animated short of an interview with the supposedupcoming Season 4 Legend Forge. The interview concludes in such a way that may be shocking to those fans not following or reading the leaks that have come out about Forge so far this season. A screenshot of Revenant behind Forge, from the trailer seen below, leaked two days ago, so manyApex Legendsfans already assumed Forge was going to bite the dust whenever this trailer officially launched, but seeing it in action is certainly something else....

Summary Hajime Isayama’sAttack On Titanis a series filled with intense battles, complex characters, and a richly developed world. Titan Shifters are central to the series narrative as they are humans capable of transforming into powerful Titans with unique abilities. The immense power and abilities of these Titan Shifters shaped the fate of humanity in the series, and they embody both terror and hope in equal measure. However, a few stand out in the series within this elite group due to their influence in the story....

The animated series,Avatar: The Last AirbenderandAvatar: Legend of Korra,featured a fantasy-oriented world with intriguing bending techniques that involved the control of certain elements. The foremost bending styles — water, air, fire, and earth — were the major highlights of the series. However, at critical moments the story revealed other deviant styles, fundamentally different from the four iconic bending techniques. Before one can use these specialized techniques, they must fully master the bending art the technique originates from....

Summary The base building and resource management mechanics of popular RTS games and city-builders are core design pillars of those genres. However, by tasking the player to defend against constant waves of enemies using elements from tower defense and survival games, the broad genre of “base defense” was born. A base defense game often combines elements of base building (commonly found in RTS games and city-builders) with consistent waves of enemies to defend from....

Summary Open-world gamesare designed to keep players looking across the landscape in search of new places to explore. To do that, developers must fill their world maps with interesting locations, landmarks, people, enemies, and waypoints. But it’s not enough to simply have a lot of stuff, they need to make that stuff lookgood. There are plenty of open-world games out there with brilliant storylines and mechanics. However, their dated graphics make them hard to look at, which makes them hard to revisit unless it’s purely for the nostalgia factor....

Blue Lockis the hot new series for shonen sports anime. Like many other sports anime, it follows a teenager (Yoichi Isagi), and his quest to rise to the top of their respective sport (in this case, soccer). However, what sets it apart from its contemporaries is the nature of the Blue Lock competition itself. Blue Lock is a tournament focused on individual athletes. It’s comparable to battle royales likeSquid GameandFortnite, as it seeks to whittle hundreds of players down to one ultimate winner....

In the latest weekly blog post, Bungie teases a new game mode coming toDestiny 2Iron Banner later this season. The Crucible,Destiny 2’s PvP modes, have been a sore spot for many in the community over the past few years. While seasons and expansions typically focus on PvE style content, many have felt that theCrucible has been largely ignoredwith no major overhaul changes or content additions in years. Thankfully, Bungie has started to address these concerns from the community, first adding the Disjunction map earlier this year, and then provided a glimpse at what the company has planned for the mode in upcoming seasons....

The video game developer and publisher,Capcom, has the licenses to some incredible IPs. In fact, fans frequently request thereturn of Capcom’s forgotten titlesthat have stopped being developed despite providing a great experience. A report has now uncovered the projects that studio, Capcom Vancouver, had been working on in recent years. Unfortunately for fans, it seems that some great titles did not make it to fully-fledged production and the studio has now been closed down....

The Largo Theater in West Hollywood, whereConan O’Brienhas been filming his TBS talk show quarantine-style since July, has been robbed. After discovering the loss of various pieces of studio equipment, O’Brien revealed the theft during his regularly scheduled show, all the while marveling at just how bizarre the whole ordeal was. O’Brien detailed the robbery on the air, along with his long time sidekick Andy Richter and producer Jason Chillemi, repeatedly pausing due to nearly uncontrollable laughter....

Cyberpunk 2077has had many improvements and changes made to it since release.The 2.0 update andPhantom Libertyexpansionhave restructured the game’s skill tree and RPG elements. One of the most significant changes is the way the armor system works. In earlier versions, it was clothing that determined V’s overall defense.After the 2.0 update clothing is now primarily cosmetic.This allows players to customize their character however they want with no concerns about stats. Armor is still important, but players will need to look elsewhere to bolster their defenses....

Recently, the Tribute Hall was added toDestiny 2that tasked players with various activities to unlock new tributes and, ultimately, the Bad Juju catalyst. These tributes can be purchased from the Visage of Calus but at a steep rate, unless players have maximized theirTribute Hall discount up to 80%. This requires players to complete Champion Bounties, and without some form of cheese, takes at least 20 days to build up. Now, aDestiny 2player has discovered that this discount is tied to a secret tribute in the Tribute Hall....

Summary Blizzard revealed the first trailer ofDiablo 4: Vessel of Hatredat the 2024 Xbox Games Showcase, unveiling its upcoming release date of October 8 alongside a new cinematic that showcased the premise of its story.Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatredis the first expansion for Blizzard’s popular action-RPG and will be available over a year after the game’s initial release date. Upon its release in June 2023,Diablo 4brought many improvements to Blizzard’s popular franchise....

About a couple of months ago, sources speaking to Kotaku mentioned thatDragon Age 4’sdevelopment had been completely rebootedin order to implement more live elements and services into the game, which alarmed many fans of the franchise who adore the property for its single player aspects. Now, details from a recent GDC 2018 panel featuring the series' former Creative Director Mike Laidlaw adds a bit more worry to the pile, as he revealed the fourth installment in the RPG series had been delayed internally at BioWare due to restructuring, leading many to wonder what it means for the RPG sequel’s future....